Top Aussie Slang Words (Accent): A Complete Guide

If you are an international student who’s planning to study in Australia, the Aussie slang words below will help you to get through everyday life and avoid any confusion. Don’t worry! You’ll soon be used to the Aussie-English.

Here’s a list of Aussie slang words/phrases and acronyms used in Australia:

Words Used to Express Yourself

TERMS/PHRASES

MEANING

Jelly

Jealous

Aggro

Angry

Totes

Totally

Heaps

A lot/ very

Full on

Wild/ Intense

Play it by ear

Decide as you go

No worries

It’s OK/ Don’t worry about it

______ as

Here you can use words like Tired as, Busy as or Awesome as.
To understand the speaker, you can cut the word ‘as’ and replace it with ‘very’ in the front. This will help you to get what the speaker means to say.

Average/Ordinary

You need to be careful when using these words as they can sound

like an insult, signifying that something is of poor quality.

Try hard

Someone who tries too hard to please others or is annoyingly enthusiastic.

She’ll be right

It’ll be fine

Words Used when Eating or Going Out

TERMS/PHRASES

MEANING

Kiwi

A New Zealander (but also a bird or a fruit)

Cuppa

A hot beverage

Flat white

Coffee with cream or milk

Macca’s

Mcdonald's

Sanga

Sandwich

Jell-O

Jelly

Stubbie

A bottle of beer

Durry

Cigarette

Vegies

Vegetables

Spud

A potato

Snag

Sausage

Goon

Cheap wine in a bag

Avo

Avocado

Barbie

BBQ

Brekkie

Breakfast

Bikkie

A biscuit

Chemist

Pharmacy/Drug store

Dunny

Toilet

Bucks

Dollars

Bottle-o

Liquor store

Grog run

A trip to go and buy alcohol

Esky

Ice cooler

Petrol

Gas

Knock

To criticise something

Arvo

The afternoon

Straya

Australia

Footy

Football

Mate

Friend

Pokies

Poker Machine

Budgie Smuggler

A pair of speedos

Mozzie

Mosquito

Skull

To drink something quickly in one go

Servo

Gas station/Service station

Hungry Jacks/HJs

Burger King

Woop Woop

Used to indicate a place far away

Shout

A round of drinks paid for by a particular person

EFTPOS

Machine for electronic payments.

Its full form is- Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale

ATM

Electronic Banking Outlet/ Teller Machine.

Its full form is- Automatic Teller Machine

Words Used at School

TERMS/PHRASES

MEANING

Rubber

Eraser

Uni

University

Pacer

Refillable/Mechanical pencil

Wag

To skip class

Biro

Pen

Mobile/Mobes

Cell phone

Zed

The letter ‘Z’

Reckon

Figure/Think/Assume

Dodgy

Suspicious/Poor quality/ Not reliable

How good is that?

That’s good

How’s it going/How ya going

How are you?

Words Used at the Workplace

TERMS/PHRASES

MEANING

Lift

Elevator

Reach out

Get into contact with

Bludger

A lazy person

FYI

For Your Information

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

Fair go

A fair chance

Moving forward

Moving on to the next thing/Thinking about the future

Whinger

Someone who complains a lot

Sickie

A day off work due to illness

Call it a day

To complete what you’re doing

Give someone a holler/ a bell

To call someone on the phone

Ta

Thank you

Someone who has stayed in Australia knows that Australian English is so much more than just an accent. It consists of unique Aussie expressions, phrases and slang terms. You can say that Australian English has become its own language.

Aussies do not pronounce the entire word. They make words sound as short as possible, as though speaking through clenched teeth.